Trillanes says no to Binay

Nothing but wishful thinking.

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday brushed off the proposed teamup between the Nacionalista Party (NP) and the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), saying no party would be stupid enough to even consider a partnership with Vice President Jejomar Binay’s multiparty alliance.

“I assure you, that’s not going to happen,” Trillanes, an NP member and a vocal critic of the vice president, said when asked about the chances of an UNA-NP partnership, which Binay had pitched.

He said that if the NP did not team up with UNA in the 2013 midterm polls when Binay was more popular, a partnership is even less likely now that the vice president is facing corruption charges.

Trillanes and fellow NP member Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano are two of three senators leading the blue ribbon subcommittee hearing on allegations of corruption involving Binay.

The Binay camp has branded the hearings as politically motivated inquisitions designed to bring down his chances of winning in the 2016 presidential polls.

Cayetano is also eyeing the 2016 presidency, while Trillanes intends to run for Vice President.

The blue ribbon subcommittee is set to resume its hearings on irregularities involving Binay next week. The issue would tackle alleged anomalies concerning Binay’s family, Trillanes said earlier.

The earlier hearings of the subcommittee focused on alleged irregularities in Makati City, where Binay was longtime mayor.